Centerville vs Williamston

A side-by-side comparison of Centerville and Williamston: population, income, housing, and more.

Centerville and Williamston are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centerville has the higher population (6,860 vs 4,116 in Williamston). Centerville has the higher median household income ($66,912 vs $62,500 in Williamston). Centerville has the higher median home value ($212,800 vs $156,700 in Williamston).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Williamston
Population	6,860	4,116
Median age	46.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,912	$62,500
Median home value	$212,800	$156,700
Median gross rent	$1,027	$860
Housing units	3,319	1,919
Homeownership rate	83.4%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Williamston
Population	7,173 → 6,860 (-4.4%)	4,180 → 4,116 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$55,565 → $66,912 (+20.4%)	$43,347 → $62,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $212,800 (+40.6%)	$112,700 → $156,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,027 (+32.0%)	$729 → $860 (+18.0%)

Centerville

Population

7,1736,860

Median household income

$55,565$66,912

Median home value

$151,300$212,800

Median gross rent

$778$1,027

Williamston

Population

4,1804,116

Median household income

$43,347$62,500

Median home value

$112,700$156,700

Median gross rent

$729$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Williamston
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.1%
75 and over	10.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	79.2%
Black or African American	7.3%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Williamston
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.7%
High school graduate	40.5%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Williamston
Drove alone	87.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Williamston
1-unit, detached	77.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Williamston
Poverty rate	7.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1990	1972